| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To unscrew.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To repeal. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To abuse.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb jaw.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "JAWING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Specialty Definition: jaw
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed. They resemble a horse shoe. In most animals, the under jaw only is movable.. | 2: [Noun] The mouth.. | 3: [Noun] In vulgar language, scolding, wrangling, abusive clamor.. | 4: [Verb] To scold; to clamor.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Geography | Jaw is geographically located in Bahrain. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 25.998611 degrees North latitude and 50.616667 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Geology | Often loosely applied to any movable, toothed structures at or near the mouth of an animal, such as the scolecodonts of annelids. In vertebrates, the jaw is derived from the first gill arch. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: A break-jaw word. A very long word, or one hard to pronounce. 2: Hold your jaw. Hold your tongue or jabber. 3: Jaw Words of complaint; wrangling, abuse, jabber. "To jaw," to annoy with words, to jabber, wrangle, or abuse. The French gueule and gueuler are used in the same manner. 4: What are you jawing about? What are you jabbering or wrangling about?. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 1: Mechanical device for holding parts together during assembly. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: That part of a holding device, frequently interchangeable, which the clamping mechanism forces against the piece to be clamped. Examples: the jaws of a vice, of a rotating chuck, of a work steady. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Mining | A. In a crusher, one of a pair of nearly flat or ribbed faces separated by a wedge-shaped opening b. One or a set of two or more serrate-faced members between which an object may be grasped and held firmly, as in a vise, drill chuck, foot clamp, or pipe wrench c. In a clutch, one of a pair of toothed rings, the teeth of which faceeach other. (references) | ||
| Slang in 1811 | JAW. Speech, discourse. Give us none of your jaw; let us have none of your discourse. A jaw-me-dead; a talkative fellow. Jaw work; a cry used in fairs by the sellers of nuts. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Transportation | The fore end of a gaff which half encircles the mast, the prongs of which are called cheeks or horns. It is also called throat also chop BONMA 71 1-. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | The jaw is either of the two opposable structures forming, or near the entrance to, the mouth. In most vertebrates, the jaws are bony or cartilaginous and oppose vertically, comprising an upper jaw and a lower jaw. In arthropods, the jaws are chitinous and oppose laterally, and may consist in mandibles, chelicerae, or, loosely, pedipalps. Their function is fundamentally for food acquisition, conveyance to the mouth, and/or initial processing (mastication or chewing). The term jaws is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serving to open and close it. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death. (references) | 2: [Noun] (slang) Axle guard. (references) | 3: [Noun] A notch or opening. (references) | 4: [Noun] A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard. (references) | 5: [Noun] Impudent or abusive talk. (references) | 6: [Noun] One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine. (references) | 7: [Noun] One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. (references) | 8: [Noun] The bone itself with the teeth and covering. (references) | 9: [Noun] The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast. (references) | 10: [Verb] (intransitive) To scold; to clamor. (references) | 11: [Verb] (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding. (references) |
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Common Expressions: jaw
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Jaw bit | (Railroad), a bar across the jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Jaw breaker | A word difficult to pronounce. [Obs.]. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Jaw jerk reflex | The jaw jerk reflex is a motor reflex used to test the status of a patient's trigeminal nerve (CN V). The mandible—or lower jaw—is tapped at a downward angle just below the lips at the chin. Normally this reflex is not present—that is—the jaw does not move in response to this stimulus. However if the reflex exists it indicates there is a lesion along the upper motor neuron tract leading to the trigeminal motor nucleus. (references) | ||
| Jaw tooth | A molar or grinder; a back tooth. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Lantern jaw | A long thin lower jaw. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Lower jaw | The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Lumpy jaw | The commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis; affects the face and neck regions. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Moose Jaw (electoral district) | Moose Jaw was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Saskatchewan. This riding was first created following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905. (references) | ||
| Moose Jaw Civic Centre | The Moose Jaw Civic Centre is a 3,146-seat multi-purpose arena in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada. It was built in 1960 and is popularly nicknamed "The Crushed Can" due to its unusual shape. It is home to the Moose Jaw Warriors Ice hockey team. (references) | ||
| Moose Jaw Fire Department | The Moose Jaw Fire Department, founded in 1906, is a fifty-seven member fire brigade which provides fire suppression to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and 15 Wing Moose Jaw, a military base just south of the city. They also have agreements with some rural communities around Moose Jaw. (references) | ||
| Moose Jaw North | Moose Jaw North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. (references) | ||
| Moose Jaw Warriors | The Moose Jaw Warriors are a major junior hockey team of the Western Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Moose Jaw Civic Centre. (references) | ||
| Open jaw | Open jaw is an airline ticketing management term. It describes a flight itinerary where the departure city is different on the way out than the return. Or alternatively, the destination city that a passenger arrives in is different than the one that is departed from on the return portion of a flight itinerary. An example would be a traveler starting at New York 's JFK flying into San Francisco International, and then returning to Washington Dulles airport instead of New York. Or, a traveler starting at New York's JFK, flying into San Francisco Internationa, but then returning to JFK from Los Angeles International. (references) | ||
| The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw is a 1958 western comedy, starring Kenneth More and Jayne Mansfield. (references) | ||
| Upper jaw | The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: jaw
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Anvil jaw | Mining | See: anvil. (references) | |
| BEAR-GARDEN JAW | Slang in 1811 | BEAR-GARDEN JAW or DISCOURSE. Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Blake jaw crusher | Mining | The original crusher of jaw type. A crusher with one fixed jaw plate and one pivoted at the top so as to give the greatest movement on the smallest lump. Motion is imparted to the lower end of the crushing jaw by toggle joint operated by eccentric. This machine, or some modification of it, is used for reducing run-of-mine ore or coal to a size small enough to be taken by the next crusher in the series during the first stage ofcrushing. (references) | |
| Chuck jaw | Mechanical Engineering | Any one of the gripping jaws of a rotating chuck. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Concentric jaw chuck | Mechanical Engineering | A chuck in which all jaws move to or away from the workiece and maintain one common center. There can be no adjustement of an individual jaw. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Gripping jaw | Mechanical Engineering | That part of a holding device, frequently interchangeable, which the clamping mechanism forces against the piece to be clamped. Examples:the jaws of a vice, of a rotating chuck, of a work steady. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Jaw Abnormalities | Health | Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the jaw. (references) | |
| Jaw breaker | Mining | See: jaw crusher. (references) | |
| Jaw breaker | Transportation | Is very popular as a primary crusher. It operates by allowing stones to flow into the space between two jaws, one stationary, the other movable. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Jaw chuck | Mechanical Engineering | 1: The chuck attached to the headstock and used to hold the workpiece when drilling with a lathe. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: A rotating chuck which grips the workpiece by two or more radially adjustable jaws. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Jaw crusher | Mining | A. A primary crusher designed to reduce large rocks or ores to sizes capable of being handled by any of the secondary crushers b. A crushing machine consisting of a moving jaw, hinged at one end, which swings toward and away from a stationary jaw in a regular oscillatory cycle c. A machine for reducing the size of materials by impact or crushing between a fixed plate and an oscillating plate, or between two oscillating plates, forming a tapered jaw. Syn: jaw breaker. (references) | |
| Jaw Cysts | Health | Saccular lesions lined with epithelium and contained within pathologically formed cavities in the jaw; also nonepithelial cysts (pseudocysts) as they apply to the jaw, e.g., traumatic or solitary cyst, static bone cavity, and aneurysmal bone cyst. True jaw cysts are classified as odontogenic or nonodontogenic. (references) | |
| Jaw Fractures | Health | Fractures of the upper or lower jaw. (references) | |
| Jaw Neoplasms | Health | Cancers or tumors of the maxilla or mandible unspecified. For neoplasms of the maxilla, maxillary neoplasms is available and of the mandible, mandibular neoplasms is available. (references) | |
| Jaw relation record | Medicine | It will not eliminate any errors produced in --. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Jaw relations | Medicine | Are classified into three groups. . . oriented relations, vertical relations and horizontal relations. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Jaw thrust maneuver | Geology | The jaw thrust maneuver is a method of maintaining an open airway of an unconscious individual. Jaw thrust is used to open the mouth and lift the tongue which obstructs the patency of the airway. It is usually performed by placing on each side of the face, the index and middle fingers at the angle of the mandible. The thumbs are placed on the chin just below the lower lip. As the mouth is opened by exerting downward force on the chin, the index and middle fingers would lift the entire mandible anterior thus moving the base of the tongue out of obstruction. (references) | |
| Lumpy jaw | Medicine | An infectious disease caused by Actinomyces israelii in man characterized by inflammatory lesions of the lymph nodes draining the mouth, by intraperitoneal abcesses, including liver abcess, or by lung abcess due to aspiration, in that order of frequency. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Movable jaw | Mining | The jaw or slip of a safety or foot clamp; it can be raised or lowered into or out of the body or frame of the clamp either to engage or to disengage the drill rods being run into or pulled out of a borehole.Syn:movable slip. (references) | |
| Phossy jaw | Medicine | A necrosis of the jaw, specifically, periostitis with suppuration, ulceration, and severe deformity of the mandible caused by chronic poisoning with yellow phosphorus (1). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Roll jaw crusher | Mining | A crusher of the same general type as the Blake or Dodge, but the movingjaw has a rolling instead of an oscillating motion. (references) | |
| Screw wrench with one adjustable jaw | Mechanical Engineering | An adjustable spanner in which one jaw can be moved by means of a screw and nut mechanism. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Single-toggle jaw crusher | Mining | A jaw crusher with one jaw fixed, the other jaw oscillating through an eccentric mounted near its top. This type of jaw crusher has a relativelyhigh output, and the product is of fairly uniform size. (references) | |
| Stationary jaw | Mining | The fixed jaw of a safety clamp or wrench. Syn: stationary slip. Cf: anvil. (references) | |
| Sturtevant roll jaw crusher | Mining | A crusher in which the motion of the upper part of the jaws is like that of the Dodge crusher, while the lower parts of the jaws, of cylindricalsurfaces of varying radii, grind the ore between them. (references) | |
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